Evidence update: A summary of new evidence to inform treatment decisions for patients with meniscal lesions

• Published in: The knee Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 521 - 523
• Main Authors: Abram, Simon G.F., Beard, David J., Hing, Caroline B., Price, Andrew J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Arthritis; Arthroscopy; Cerebral infarction; Clinical decision making; Clinical trials; Decision making; Embolism; Embolisms; Heart attacks; Jargon; Joint surgery; Knee; Medical research; Meniscus; Myocardial infarction; Pain; Patients; Population; Quality of life; Scholarships & fellowships; Surgery; Systematic review; Working groups; England
• ISSN: 0968-0160; 1873-5800
• DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2019.04.017

Previous studies have attempted to investigate the short-term risk associated with undergoing knee arthroscopy but have had a number of limitations such as small patient numbers, combining major and minor arthroscopic procedures in a single cohort, a narrow range of complications evaluated, and inconsistent or limited data sources [16]. At least one serious adverse event (pulmonary embolism [PE], myocardial infarction, stroke, fasciotomy, neurovascular injury, infection requiring surgery, or death) occurred in 0.3% of patients within 90 days of APM but few of these complications occurred more frequently than in comparative general population data [17]. Adoption and validation in clinical practice is now required.Funding statement This report is independent research supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship, Mr. Simon Abram, DRF-2017-10-030) and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).